O. Truman Driggs Distinguished Lecture in History

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Presented by the Division of the Social Sciences and the University of Minnesota, Morris Alumni Association, the endowed Driggs Lecture was created in 1985 by alumni and friends of the late O. Truman Driggs, professor of history, who taught from 1963 until the time of his death in 1989. He served as the Division of the Social Sciences chair from 1968 until 1977. Annually, the lecture brings distinguished visitors to the Morris campus to speak on topics relating to history, the liberal arts, or public affairs.

The 2013–2014 lecturer is Evelyn Hu-DeHart of Brown University, speaking on the topic “The Strange and Curious History of the ‘Illegal Alien’: The Linked Fate of Asians and Latinos in U. S. History.,” on September 16, 2013.

Previous Driggs Lecturers

2012–13, Sterling Evans, University of Oklahoma.

2011–12 H Glenn Penny, University of Iowa

2010–11 William Rorabaugh, University of Washington

2009–10 Jill Doerfler, University of Minnesota, Duluth

2008–9 Karl Appuhn, New York University

2007–8 Sheldon Garon, Princeton University

2006–7 Kathleen Conzen, University of Chicago

2005–6 Marshall Eakin, Vanderbilt University

2004–5 Susan Stuard, Haverford College

2003–4 Martin Klein, Yale University

2002–3 Ihman Ghazalla, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

2001–2 Susan Armitage, Washington State University

2000–1 John Phillip Colletta, National Archives

1999–2000 Emmanuel K. Akyeampong, Harvard University

1998–99 John A. Lynn, University of Illinois

1997–98 Stanley Katz, Princeton University

1996–97 Robert Thompson, Syracuse University

1995–96 Marilyn Young, New York University

1994–95 Clara Sue Kidwell, University of California, Berkeley

1993–94 Christopher Browning, Pacific Lutheran University

1992–93 Carla Rahn Phillips, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

1991–92 Paul L. Murphy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

1990–91 Richard Flacks, University of California, Santa Barbara

1989–90 Jack Censer, George Mason University

1988–89 Elaine Tyler May, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

1987–88 Stanley J. Idzerda, College of St. Benedict

1986–87 Robert M. Isherwood, Vanderbilt University

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